Dignity

Predators exist for us to reject their tricks.

This story is about dignity.

First, apologies for being slow to respond to emails. I have been dealing with family matters  and health matters, and I am actively pedaling toward the light in the end of the tunnel. I thank you for being wonderful and having my back.

The other day, I was talking to a friend about philosophy (or something), and the topic of dignity came up. It so happens that I’ve been thinking about dignity for years. I’ve been thinking about the role it plays in society, and how our choices are often driven by our need to compensate for the lack of soul dignity, and how it is all tied to our feeling of time (are we living on our time or on somebody else’s?)

And so, as my friend and I talked, it turned out that we had very different internal definitions for “dignity,” which I found incredibly interesting. So I started thinking further, and this essay showed up.

My internal definition: Dignity is a happy, sweet, positive feeling that results from the loving acceptance of wh…